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Valued Member
United States
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Hey Coop, How tough are these split planchets to come by? Not necessarily the clam shell but in general? I feel like I come across them more often then I would expect. I posted a picture of a Peace dollar with a nice crack awhile back. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
7075 Posts |
Wow! What a great find! Incredible luck to have the two pieces together after so many years.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
I don't think they happen often. Definite keepers if I ever found one.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Here you go Coop  |
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Valued Member
United States
415 Posts |
ITS THE MATTE PROOF!! hahahaha   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7840 Posts |
Very nice find indeed! An improper mix alloy may be the cause for the seperation.
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Valued Member
United States
415 Posts |
yes, you can see lamination peel running parallel to where the cent is split
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New Member
United States
38 Posts |
That is a fascinating coin Adam. Definitely a keeper!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
Here is the edited version I added to my educational files.   |
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Valued Member
United States
415 Posts |
Here I am thinking cracked planchet and not split. I do have atleast a few of these! ill post pictures later. I think they are from earlier years though
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Moderator
 United States
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It's really cool as a split planchet, and totally spectacular as a matched pair. Put in front of the right buyer, this is probably the most valuable piece you own. So far.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sorry to break it to you guys, but this isn't something that I own  The store I work at picked this up from someone, I should have made it more clear in the OP, haha. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I would have that one slabbed, it would probably be in two cases. A couple years back PCGS introduced a two coin slab. They haven't promoted it but I do think it is still available. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Split planchet pairs seem to be most common with nickels, especially Jefferson War Nickels. More than likely, the two faces stayed together during the working life of the coin and was either split while being bulk handled or had a little help from someone wanting a post-strike split planchet pair - an error more valuable than a clamshell lamination. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yeah, errorcoins raised a point I've been meaning to ask, it looks like the two ends where the planchet split are bent upwards, does that suggest that it had some "help" along the way?
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